Plymouth Education Association

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The Plymouth Education Association, along with several other area teacher associations, are hosting a meet and greet with Indiana Senator Mike Bohacek on Friday, February 9th at the Rees Theatre from 5-7 pm. Learn what key legislative issues the Indiana General Assembly is considering. This is an opportunity for teachers and community members to share ideas and thoughts. Appetizers and beverages will be served. PEA looks forward to seeing you on February 9th!

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Great time at Pack the House yesterday. A group of Plymouth teachers went down to advocate for our public schools. We met
Senator Bohacek for the first time and had a good conversation. We were able to thank him for voting no to SB 486 which takes away discussion rights for teachers and no longer requires administrators to discuss curriculum, teaching methods, student discipline, working conditions with teachers. If only more legislators realized the need for teacher input when it comes to issues that impact students on a daily basis.

Press Release

The Plymouth High School Speech Team is excited to announce that we will sponsor a SchoolBoard Candidate Night where community members and high school seniors who are voting forthe first time can see and hear the School Board Candidates answer questions about why theywant to serve on the Plymouth Community School Corporation School Board for the next 4years. Those running for a school board seat are Robin Cupka, Stacey Patrick, DaltonTinklenberg, and Naomi Podlesak.The Candidate Night will be at the beautiful Rees Theater on Thursday, November 3, 2022.Doors will open at 7:00 PM and the candidates will start speaking at 7:30.The format for the evening will be as follows: Each candidate will be given 3 minutes tointroduce themselves and explain why they are running for the school board. Then, they will beasked 4 - 6 questions that each candidate will respond to. To ensure that this is a civil eveninganyone with signs or who yells out will be asked to leave.Members of the PHS Speech and Debate Team will be running the question and answer portionof the evening. Those members include Maddie Harness, Angel Oviedo, and Tyler Travis.There is no charge for admission, but we will be collecting donations to help pay for the evening.

The PEA Chicken Dinner and Bake Sale Fundraiser is this Friday, April 16th from 3:00-5:30 in the PHS Front Lobby. It is carry-out only. $7 for a Nelson's half chicken. $4 for Nelson's Pit-Tatoes. Bake sale items will also be available the day of the fundraiser.

Proceeds from the fundraiser go toward the PEA Teaching Scholarship that is awarded to a PHS senior who is entering the field of education.

Let us know if you would like tickets or to donate! Tickets will be on sale until Wednesday.

"Public Education is a core economic driver for creating strong cities, towns and neighborhoods," Roberson said. "This erosion of the state's financial commitment damages that foundation."

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Scholarship Video: Jared Schoof

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Scholarship Video: Audriana Plothow

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Scholarship Video: Olivia Waymouth

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The Plymouth Education Association is proud to announce the winners of the 2020 PEA Teaching Scholarship. This year's recipients are Olivia Waymouth, Audriana Plothow, and Jared Schoof. These PHS seniors have demonstrated strong academics, outstanding personal achievements, and an enthusiasm for public education. They will represent our profession well.

A small group of PEA members visited each of the winners on Tuesday to present them with a certificate, yard sign, and balloons. Each recipient received a $500 scholarship from PEA.

A big thanks goes out to each of the faculty and staff at PCSC. These young people have benefited from your guidance and are now looking to follow your examples as they enter into the education field. You have shown them what it means to be passionate and dedicated to public education and its students. The examples you set each and every day is a big reason for the success of our community and will stay with our students, especially our seniors, as they move on toward new adventures. Thank you!

Videos will be uploading today of our SURPRISE visits!

Sixteen Plymouth High School soon-to-be graduating seniors qualified to earn the Statewide Transfer General Education Core STGEC certificate through Ivy Tech College pending successful completion of their spring courses this semester. The STGEC certificate represents a minimum of 30 college credits across six different competencies. This is the fourth consecutive year Plymouth High School has partnered with Ivy Tech to offer PHS students the possibility of earning a STGEC certificate. The STGEC program is designed to prepare students for a successful 30 credit transfer to the bachelor-degree granting institution of their choice. Ivy Tech puts the value on the STGEC certificate of upward of $25,000.

Meanwhile, 11 North Central Area Vocational Cooperative NCAVC Health Careers students will be receiving a Certified Nursing Assistant CNA certificate through Ivy Tech as well. The students are all second-year students enrolled in the Health Science program held at Plymouth High School. The CNA certificate easily allows students to continue onto college to build on the education they have already received through this dual-credit college program. The two-year Health Careers program is open to students from 10 nearby school corporations/districts that make up the NCAVC.

In years past students who received a STGEC certificate or a CNA certificate were able to take part in the Ivy Tech Community College commencement ceremony held at Purcell Pavilion on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the commencement ceremony has been postponed.

Statewide Transfer General Education Core certificate recipients
Hailey Casper
Avery Christy
Fernanda Cortes
Nicholas Craft
Jocelyn Draper
Mary Kate Flynn
Ava Goodrich
Quincey Hess
Kelsey Kruyer
Landrie Mattern
Alexa Orozco
Dylan Panzica
Konnor Ray
Erin Renneker
Hugh Smith
Sydni Weir

CNA certificate recipients
Presley Baca
Jaden Bunce - Laville Jr-Sr High School
Skye Franklin - John Glenn School Corporation
Kyla Heckaman
Andie Kizer
Jolie Koontz
Julianna Noble - Oregon-Davis School Corporation

Chloee Rozwarski - John Glenn High School (Walkerton, Indiana)
Anna Snyder
Lakeland Strain
* Sydni Weir

* Student earned both a STGEC certificate and a CNA

This congratulatory graphic was created by PHS senior Bo Meadors.



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